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ATlmOWNVILLE, NEBRASKA.
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a. 42
Kv Up stair over Wltelierly &
Klllllll s Jiiiruui .-ui.
BUOWSVIM-B, NKKIlASivA
7 mnkP ovorv size or stylo of picture do
Blred. Llfo-Mz.e pliotof-rapl.s a specialty
KVcry pains taken toRlvo plctudng and be
coming, portions. None but
FIRST CLASS WORK
nWowed to lonve my nailery. A full assort
ment dri'icrrni: frames, ofaii jtyies
and kkuIps on Imtid. ALIH'MS, LOCKI-.rto
COLORED PICTURES. "a many other
PLZASIUG 0RSASS3NT3 FOR THE PARLOR
rersons wishing l'Jiotopnipli work done In
the best style, at lowest prices, should wot
lull to call and sec tor iik-jiim-ivi-j..
P. M. ZOOK.
QiBELiABLE MEAT MARKET
BODY & BROTHER,
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Gooil, sweet, fresh meat
,-s on iianu, ana
notion iniarnntled
our customers,
IT HOTEL
1 JOSEPH O'PELT,
H PROPRIETOR.
I A 0 Feed JsJnMc in connection
witn tlie House. Mage ofhee for all points, i-msi,
Wet, North ami south omnHiusses to connect
.th at! trains Hample Room on first llnnr.
" j. MAKOIIN,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
find dealer in
Vine Knglisli, Trench
trstins
Jscolrli anil
Fancy Cloths,
, htc, htc.
BroivKVillc. "YebrasUa.
DENTISTRY.
K,. A.. IIAWLEY,
An experienced practitioner, will fill and
ux tract teetli for all wJio wtth. nt reasonable
rates, at his residence on Main Street, next
door to Uratton's store.
Clocks, Watches, Jewelry
JOSEPH SHXJTZ,
"No. 59 Main Street Brownville.
Keepft constantly on hand a large and well
assorted stock of genuine articles In hisline.
tltepalni.K of Clocks, Watches and Jewelry
done on short notice, at reasonable rates.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
A. D. MAESH,
TAILOR,
RROWNV ILLE, JN EHRASKA.
Cutting, ir Cutting add Making, done to
order on short notice and at reasonable
prices, Has had long experience and can
warrant satisfaction. Call at his shop at
residence on Atlantic street.
CHARLES METZ,
Beer Hail & Lunch Room
(Phil. Denser's old stand)
Broviivillc, Nebraska.
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CHOICEST
CIGAES
SOILED
HAM
Bologna,' Cheese, Bread, &c.
Uvorythinjr Clean "Veitt, fcufet.
Wagonm ahing,
Blachsm (thing.
EJXLJl-b X SS22S
. R. HATCHETT,
5.7 Mnlii Street, Ilrownvlilc, NcnrnJtii.
HOUSE PAINTING,
Kalsoniining and Papor Hanging,
flone on short notice. Country work will
ieeclveesj)oclal attention.
MATHEWS,
iDBIsTTIST',
ttROWNVlLLE, NEIJUASICA,
"West side Main Street. overSlintz' Jewelry
Store, In his absence, all orders left nt Slier
man House. City Drug I Store. Lett ifcGIbson's
or Shuts' Jewelry Store, will be responded
foTfltliout delay on his return toHrownvIlle.
Notice of absence and return duly given' In
TllK AllVKltTlSFlt.
SBICK! BRICK!
GEO. AS3SSSTRONG,
At his yard In Ilrownvlilc. has .100,000 ?'o. 1
JlrK'k largest size mai'e lor sale.
Also good wood at $".25 per cord. Sw4
1 JOHN CKADDOCK. V. V. CRADUOCE.
-- CRADDOCK & SOX,
IIUKECII-UIA IlIXO SnOT (fCSS,'SIFLE5;
Carhlnes. Ammunition and Aportinj; Goods. Gnns
riiude to order, and KepairiH!; neatly done.
il Main St., Srov.nviHe, Xeb.
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A Supplementary Call for a Republi
can State Convention to Nominate
State Officers, Etc.
The Republican electors of tho State of Ne
braska are hereby called to send delegates
from the several counties to meat Instate
Convention nt Lincoln on the 2fltn day of
September. 1S7C, nt 2 o'clock v. Jr., for the pur
pose of placing In nomination candidate for
the following named offices, viz:
Three presidential ciectors.and thrcenltcr
natcs. One Member of Congress.
One Member of Congress Contingent.
Governor.
Lieutenant-Governor.
Secretary of State.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Attorney General, and
Land Commissioner.
And to trattsactsucli other hits! boss as may
properly come before the convention.
IJy order of thcState Committee.
Tho several counties are entitled to repre
sentation in the State Convention as follows,
based upon the vote of C. A. Homes for Re
gent atthcelectilon In October, 1673, giving
one delegate to each 150 votes and one for the
fraction of 73 votes, also one delegate at large
lor each organized county :
Adams- 7 Johnson...... 5
Antelope J Kearney 2
isooiie... .... ....... ........ muui I. i
Iluftnlo
Hurt.....
llutler
I jJlNr
Cheyenne
:i Kiio
...... ikllUdlll(flllH.H ........ .
....... 5' Lancaster 13
....... 4 Lincoln.........- 4
... 9 Madison 4
2 Merrick 5
1?. Nemaha .... G
0 Kuckolls 2
Claj
Colfax 4. Otoe 8
Cuming 4 Pawnuoo. 5
Dakota 3, Phelps 1
Dawson 3 Pierce 1
Dixon 3 'Platte - j
Dodge. 7 I oik........ o
Douglas 14 Red Willow 2
Fillmore - " Richardson 9
Franklin . 3 Sallue 7
Frontier . 1. Sarpy- 4
Furnas 3-Saunders 9
Gage 7 Seward.. 6
Greeley J Sherman-,. . I
Gosper 1 'Stanton 2
Holt . .. 1 Thayer i
Hall - C Valley 2
Hamilton -. 7 Washington 0
Harlan - 3 Wayne - 1
Hitchcock 1 1 Webster.. ...... 3
Howard 3!York G
Jetrerson Gl
Geo. I. Brown, James W. Daaves,
Secretary. Chairman.
HEL'UBTjICAX 2LATF0H3I.
WitKif, in the economy of Providence, this land
waatu he parked of human slavery, and when the
strength of the govenment of the people, hy the
people, for the people, w:is to he demonstrated, the
Republican party camelnto power. ItsdeedS have
passel Into history, and we look back to them with
pride. Inclcted by their memories and high aims
for the good of our country and mankind, and look
mir to the luture with unfalterlngcouraRe, hope, and
parposc.we. the representatives of tho party, in
national convention assembled, make the lollow
ing declaration of principles:
1. The United States of America is a nation, not a
league, llv the combined worklnijsorthe National
and State Governments, under their respectivecon
stltulions the rights of cverj' citizen are secured at
home and protected abroad, and the common wel
fare promoted.
J. The Iteuublican party has preserved those
governments to the hundredth anniversary of tho
nation's 'jirtii. anil they are now the embodiments
of the great truths spoken at its cradle: That all
men are created equal : mat mey are enaowea oy
their Creator with Certain Inalienable rights.
among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness ; that tor the attainment or these ends
governments have been Instituted among men, de
riving their Just powers from the consent of the
governed until those truths are cheerfully obeyed
tir. If needed to he. vigorously enforced, the work
of the Republican parti' Is unfinished.
3. The permanent pacification or the Southern
section of the Onion, mid the complete protec
tion of its citizens ih the free enjoyment of all
their rights are duties to which the Republi
can party stnnds sacredly pledged. The power to
provide for the enforcement of the pi i elides em
bodied in the recent constitutional ainenthncnts Is
vested by those amendments in the Congress ot
the United States, and we declare It to be the Sgl
cinii obligation of the legislative and executive de
partments of the government to put luto immedi
ate und vigorous exercise all their constitutional
powers for removing any Just cause of discontent
nu the part of any class and securing to every
American citizen complete liberty and eract equal
ity In the exercise of all civil, political, and public
rights. To this end we Imperatively demand a
Congress und a chief executive whose courage and
fidelity to these dutir shall not falter until these
reMiltsare placed beyond disptit1 or recall.
4. In the iirt act ot Congress slg'ncd by President
(Irani, the National Government a-ssumed to re
move any doubts of its duty to discharge all lust
obligations to public creditors, and solemnly pledg
ed iLs fatlh to make nrovMon nt tne earliest pracli-
t cable period the redemption of United States notes
in com. commercial prosperity, puonc mnrais.anu
natloiml credit demand that this promise be fullill
sl by a continuous and steady progress to .specie
pavments.
a". Under the consiK'nlrn, the President and heads
of departmeiiLsare to make nomination fur olllce,
the Senate Is to ndvlseatid consent to appointments.
and the Ilou-e of Representatives h to accuse and
prosecute faithless ollicers. The best interests
of the public service demand that these distinctions
he respected ; that Senators and Representatives
who may be judges and accusers should not dictate
appointments to ollice. The invariable rules for
ajiiolntn,a2tr should have reference to honesty, fi
delity, and capacity to the appointee, giviirg to the
party in power thoe places where harmony nnd
vigor of administration requires, its policy to be pre
sented, and permitting all others to ne tilled by sole
reference to the eillciency of tlis public service and
the right of all citizens to share in the honor of ren
dering faithful service to their country.
c. We rejoice in the quickened conscience of the
people concerning political aflalrs.aud will hold all
puplic ollicers to a rigid responsihillty.Bnd engage
that the prosecution nnd punishment of all Who.
betray oHicial trufts shall besperdy, thorough, and
unsparing.
7. The ptblfc school system Of the seveVal States
is the bulwark of the American Republic, nnd with
a view to its securltj and permanence werecommend
an amendment tohe Constitution of the United
States forbidding theapplicatiouof any public fund
or property lor the benetit of any schools or Institu
tions under sectarian control.
s. The revenue necessary for current expenditures
and tlie obligations ofthe public debt mnnt be large
ly derived from duties on Importations which, so
far as possible, should headlusted to promote th6
Interests ot American labor and advance the pros
perity for tho whole country.
9. We rcaflirm our opposition to fnftlier grants of
the public lands to corporatons and monopolies,
and cVmaud that tne national domain br devoted
to free homes of the people.
10. It Is the. imperative duty of the government so
to modify existing treaties with Kuropean govern
ments that the same protection shall be afforded to
thendopted American citizen that is given to tne
native-born, and that all necessary laws should he
passed to protectlnimigrants In the absence of pow
er in the States for that purpose.
11. It is theimmediate duty of Congrees to fully
investigate the effect ot fhp immigration nnd Im
portation of Mongolians upon the moral and' ma
terial interests ofthe country.
12. Tlie Republican partyrecgritzeswifh approv
al the substantial advdrlce recently made toward
the csta&lismsnt of edual rights for women by the
many important amendments efTected by Repub-
, Hcan legislation In the laws which concern the per
sonal and property relations of wives, mothers,
and widows, and by the appointment and election
of women to the superintendence of education,
rharters. mid otlier niiKIie trostn. The imit il-
mnnds of this class, of citizens for additional rig?k.s
and privileges and immunities, should be treated
with respectful consideration.
13. The Constitution confers upon Congress sover
eign power over theTerritorios of file United States
fo-f their government, and In the exercise of this
power it is the right and the duty of Congress to
prohibit and extirpate in the Territories that relic
of barbarism, olygaray,and we demand such leg
islation as shall secure this end and the supremacy
of American institutions in all the Territories.
1 1. The pledges which the ftaTtnu has given to our
soldiers and sailors mu.st be fulfilled. The grateful
people will always hold those who periled their
lives for tlie country's preservation iu the kindest
remembrance.
S. e sincerely deprecate all sectional feeling
aftd'tendencies. Ve therefore note wih deep so
licitude that the democratic party counts as Its
chief hope of success upon the electorial vote ofthe
united South secured through the efforts of those
who were recently Arrayed, against the nation, and
weinvoketheeamest attention of the country to the
grave truth that a success t r.tss achieved would re
open sectional strife and imperii national honor
und human rights.
16. We charge the Pemocratlc party as being the
same in character and spirit as when it sypathized
with treason: with making Its control of the House
of Representatives the triumph and theopiwrtuni
fyof the nation's foes: with reasserting an,d ep
plaudinjr in the nitldnal capital thesentimenLs of
unrepented rebellion : with sending Union soldiers
to the rear and promoting Confederate soldiers to
the front: with deliberatly proiwsing to repudiate
the plighted f.dtli ot the government: with being
equally false and lmbeclleupon the overshadowing
ends ol justice by it partisan mismanagement and
obstrution or investigation: with proving Itself,
through the rekd of ns a,sc?ndenry Irf the lower
?5e r Congress, utterly incompetent to adminis
ter r go ennient. We warn the country against
J. F.a Party thus alike unworthy, recreant, and
incapable.
17. The national administration merits commen
dation lor its honorable work In the management.
)fdoniesticaudr.irei,;n:irr.iirs.andl,resldentGranr
deserves the continued and hearty gratitude of ths
American people for ids pstriotlsm and his irh
menst? services .n war and peace.
Having In my employ Mr.
nENBY SHUTITEI.
acknowledged to be the best miller in the
State. I am prepared to furuib'h GOOD
FLOUR In any quautltv. Every sack war
ranted. My Flour Is for sale at all the principal
stores In Rrownville.
GICO. HOMEWOOD.
Sheridan Mills, April 1st, la7G.
Campaign Songf-
Airt "Dearest Jfaj," or "New Eng. Family."
AVrltten for tho Hayes & Wheeler Glco Club
BY J. I,. COLHAn4.
Our counlry'a peril Is not passed
Though conquered in tho main,
It's foes still strive unceasingly,
To get control again.
W"hilo slavery's minions In tho south
Are cutting loyal throats.
Doughfaces north have just put forth
Tho "Ross" at "stuffing" votes.
Chorus: nurrah for R. B. Hayes,
"Who walks in freedom's ways,
The people's choice,
All with ono'volce,
Hurrah for R. B..Hayes.
Ho counsels wisdom In tho State,
In war he has bees tried.
Ho with his life, mid bloody strife,
Secession's right denied,
As from South Mountain bights ho drove
The rebels in dismay;
At Winchester his gallantry
Was foremost In the fray.
Chorus i Hurrah for R. B. Hayes. &c.
He'll Church and'State keep separate
He'll keep tho Public School
The bull war k of our liberty
Free from sectarian rule.
The public service to reform.
As 'twas ere Jackson's days
Tho Nation's honor to maintain
Is tho pledgo of R. B. Hayes.
CJiorus : Hurrah for R. B. Hayes, &c.
Then forward all along (he lino,
From Florida to Maine,
Though with ballots 'stead of bullets,
" 'TIs tho same old fight again."
And lay hot off your armor
Until from sea to sea,
Our Mag shall wave o'er treason's grave,
True emblem of the free.
Chorus : Hurrah for R. B. Hayes, Ac.
Tiitlcn tlie Antlior of tlie Credit 3Io
wilier. The great Reformer, whoa few days
ago said to a committee in New York,
"I have had much experience and la
bor in Eeform,'1 turns out to be
the man who devised the cunning
expedient ofthe Credit-Mobilier fraud.
It will be remembered that the Oakes
Amoa organization of tho Credit Mo
bllier was a corporation within the
Pacific Railroad Coinnany: that it
stole $37,500,000, and stole tho capital
stock of the company, corrupted a
great many peoplo, and demoralized
public sentiment. It now turns out
that the ingenious gentleman who
managed this business, and declared
it to be eminently proper and legal,
was the eminent Sam Tilden, who Is
Insisting on personally "reforming"
things. In the-official report of the
Investigation of the Credit-Mobilier
business by the Congressional Com
mittee (Wilson's), page 292, wo have
the testimony of Oliver Ames, who
was present and assonting. After ex
plaining how the two companies were
worked by the same men the Credit
Mobilier swallowing up the other
the testimony reads:
By Mr. Hoar Were you not inform
ed by the counsel who drew the con
tract that this v3 a violation of law?
Ames We were informed by coun
sel whom wo counseled that this is
suing of stock (to the C. M.) as a pay
ment upon the contract for building
the road was in entire compliance
with the law.
Q,. Who were the counsel thatgave
you that advice?
A. Mr. Samuel J. Tilden, Charles
Tracy and Judge Allen.
Q.. All of New York?
A. All of New York.
On page 323, John B. Allen, anoth
er of the Credit-Mobilier operators,
was questioned on the came subject,
with the result as follows :
Q,. And further, I understand you
to say that you were instructed by em
inent counsel, up-on whose advice you
relied, that the course you took was a
compliance with the law?
A. Yes, sir.
Q,. Have you ever seen, or do you
know whether that opinion of emi
nent counsel is in existence now, In
writing?
A. I do not know. I do not know
whether It was given in writing.
Q. Was it given to your by these
eminent conusel?
A. Mr. Tilden, I know, told me
thnt he regarded it as a compliance
with the law.
Mr. Cornelius S. Bushnoll, another
of the principal Credit-Mobilier man
agers, gave testimony (page 54) of tho
lawyers who had been consulted by
the Credit-Mobilier Company, and
names Sam. J. Tilden.
The Bamo witness, at pages 555 and
556, is recorded cS" testifying:
Q. I will ask you a question which
I asked Mr. Alley. Do you know of
any legal advice having been taken
by the gentlemen engaged In this
transaction in reference to the ques
tion whether these contracts, and the
taking of the stock under them, was
a substantial compliance with the pro
visions of the law requiring the capi
tal to be paid iu cash ?
A. I can answer that we were in
formed by the best legal talent, as we
supposed, that we could do so, and
that we were complying with' the
terms of the la-rt.
Q. Can you furnish to the commit
tee the testimony of any counsel of
eminence to the fact, that, at the time
of these transactions, hegaveyoirany
sUch advice?
A. It is my opinion-that I can.
Mr. Hoar You may or may not, as
you please, name tlie counsel whom
you have in your mind as having giv-
enjyou that opinion.
Witness I will name several gen
tlemen, who, I am prepared to say,
advised us that the course which we
(Credit Mobilier) were taking was le
BKOWVILLE, NEBRASKA,
gal and a safe course for us to adopt.
I will name Tracy, Olmstead & Co.,
of New York. It is my opinion that
a gentlemen who is now a Judge of
the Court of Appeals in New York,
William F. Allen, advised us to that
effect. I think that Judge .Tere Black
also so advised us ; and Mr. Samuel J
Tilden.
This i3 the great reformer!
When the Credit Mobilier wanted
legal advice as to how to perpetrate
their enormous robbery, they got the
advice from Tilden howto"doit. Each
of three witnesses names Tilden as
the man who advised them to do It,
and how to do It.
Considering the faot that the mam
moth railroad corporations are now
begging of the government cash and
credit subsidies amounting to several
hundred million dollars, to enable
various construction companies, of
which the Credit Mobilier was the
original, to perpetrate like robberies,
Is it a time to place this old railroad
lawyer, the professional adviser of the
desperate and unscrupulous railroad
jobbers, at the head of the govern
ment? Is their any man who Is wil
ling to accept the author and Instiga
tor of the Credit Mobilier as the man
to "reform" the government?
One'of Tildcn's Reforms His Connec
tion With an Indiana Railroad.
And interesting leaf from the his
tory of Mr. Samuel J. Tilden, Re
former is furnished by the Hon. J. K.
Edgarton, of Fort Wayne, Ind., late
president of the Grand Rapids and
Indiana Railroad Company, a life
long Democrat, and ono of the most
prominent of his state. Tho particu
lar reform to which it relates is the
reformation of that railroad company ;
and the account Mr. Edgarton gave of
of it was first published in the Fort
Wayne Sentinel, the Democratic or
gan of that city, in 1S72, before Til
den was talked of for the Prestlency.
The Graud Rapids and Indiana Rail
road Company, it appears, was organ
ized in 18G9, on the 1st day of May of
which year the Continental Improve
ment Company, as it was called, con
truoted to to build the road from Fort
Wayne to Traverse Bay, and furnish
the equipment. Tlie Continental Im
provement Company was simply a
credit-mobilier ring organized for
swallowing up the bona-iide stock
subscriptions, local subsidies, and all
other available assets of the railroad
compan3r. Samuel J. Tilden was in
terested in the Continental Improve
ment Company, and, besides, was its
confidential legal adviser, his office as
such being to invent and engineer the
legal contrivances without which it is
Impossible for a credit-mobilier ring to
steal a railroad.
This credit-mobilier ring of Mr.
Reformer Tilden's, with him as the
legal engineer of the steal, began op
eration by procuring the issue to It
self by the road which was to be sto
len of $1,250,000 bonds for tlie pur
pose of equipping the road which tlie
ring had already contracted to do.
That is, the credit-mobilier ring in
tho railroad direotory bestowed upon
themselves as a gratuity this $1,250,
000. As after this there still remained
assets of the railroad company to be
stolen, Mr. Tilden's Credit Mobilier
ring with him still acthe legal engin
eer of its stealings proceeded
therewith. It made a contract with
tho ring under tho dummy
name of "R. D. Barclay and his as
sociates,'' by which was to be given
to him for completing the road and
equipment all thcunapplied assets, in
cluding about $600,000 of city, county
and privato subsidy subscriptions
enough to pay for the work actually
done by tho ring $l,800',000 of first
mortgage bouds and a majority of
$1,000,000 of tho capital stock. To
realize upon tho plunder it was neces
sary that these $1,S00.000 of bonds
should be made marketable. This
was efTected by the ring through a
contract with' the Pennsylvania Com
pany nnd other roads in tlie same In
terest. By this contract they guaran
teed interest upon the$l,S0O.O0O bonds,
and in return tho Grand Rapids and
Indiana line was to be leased for ninety-nine
years for practically nothing
besides payment of the Interest guar
anteed. This contract had to be rati
fied by the stockholders in the Grand
Rapids and Indiana Company. That
ratification wa3 secured by voting
over three-quarters of a million of
stock, regularly pledged by the ring,
as collateral, and of course voted In
the ring interest.
The result of it was that Mr. Tilden's
Credit-Mobiliey: ring, investing only
his eminent legal abilities in engin
eering the theft, did steal the road,
transferred it to fiie lessees, and for
themselves secured the $1,800,000
guaranteed bonds, besides what was
realized out of the subsidy subscrip
tions. Such is the history of this re
form operation of Mr. Reformer Til
den, as furnished by a leading Demo
crat of unimpeachable character. As
the Democratic campaign, with deaf
ening din and blare, is all for reform,
and as it is hosted the reform promis
ed is that of which Tilden of himself
is the pledge, this chapter from his
record as ar reformer is valuable as in
dicating the" quality of reform' his
election would guarantee.
It is well to remember that on the
last day of Congressional session
thirty-nine ex-Confederate Brigadiers
recorded theif votes in opposition to
provide for an adequate forco to carry
on the Sioux war.-
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 14, 18T6.
Record of Goy. Tildens Reform
Suits, &c3 from tlie Publica
tion of the Canal Mes
sage, Harc-Vfo
To Date:'
Number of suits br.ongfiL: ..
Number brought to trial
Nnmtcf of convictions obtained,.-.
Number of suits dismissed by court-
a
o
1
1
1
-None.
Number of suits now pending .
Amount of money recovered ..
Expenses of Commission and Coun
sel to assist tho Attorney General,
about -StOOjOOO"
Payment of two certificates stopped"
by the Commission - -.......$S,000
Number of existing fraudulant con
tracts stopped Xonol
It cannot be said that thes6 Suits were com
menced, as one of these three was thcold suit com
menced by Attorney General Barlow, and finally
abandoned by him as hopeless. This is the one
which the court dismissed.
Here, in a compact form, are all the
faots concerning Tilden's "Canal Re
form." its ilefc result to the State Is
$92,000 outlay, aud no one punished.
Nobody has made It pay except Sam
uel J. Tilden. By meaua of it ho has
had control of two Democratic State
Conventions, made a renegade Repub
lican a Democratic Secretary of State,
and, with tho help of tho Bates &
Locke circulars, made himself the
Democratic President of tho United
States. In his canal reform, as in all
his other roles, Tilden is tho prize
sham reformer of the age. Contrast
with this beggarly result of Tilden's
Quixotic raid upon suppositious canal
rings with what theRepublican Party
accomplished in its muoh shorter, but
much more decisive, warfare upon the
whisky Rings in the West:
Value of property seized,-
Value of assessments,
Suits oil oflicial bonds ..
Total .
H ,500,000
1,400,000
250,000
,. . ........3,150.000
Oat of this amount $600,000 was col
lected and paid Into tho Treasury
prior to May 1, 1876, and it is certain
that when all the suits are concluded
more man a minion in audition will
be recovered.
In prosecuting thieves this was the
record made by theRepublican Party
and Secretary Bristow :
CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS
Distillers and Itectiflers M
Supervisors . 2
Revenue Agents 5
Collectors 2
Deputy Collectors - . 8
Guagcrs 30
Storekeepers . .. 15
Others. 10
Total . 17C
The Republicans disposed of these
cases iu this way:
Convictions and pleas of guilty 11
.Pled the country ....... ................. ... .. 12
Tried and admitted .................................... 17
'" --'
Total .. .....162
The total cost to the Troasury of re
covering all tills money aud bringing
all these criminals to justice was
$25,000.
For Tilden to Institute tiircto suits,
bring to trial, convict nobody, and
stop the payment cf certificates for
$S,000 cost tho State of New York
$100,000.
Comment upon such facts as these
two statements con tain is not required.
llcmlrick:-
Tn view of Mr. Hendricks' record
his betrayel of his constituents iu 1S54,
in compliance "frith the dictates ofthe
slave power, and after the President
h-td promised to provide for him if he
lost his seat by so doing ; tlie loss of
his seat iu Congrees by reason of the
betrayal ; hissubsequentappointment
by the President to tho position of
Commissioner of the General Land
Office; his notorious sympathy with
the rebellion and the traitors and con
spirators who murdered enrolling of
ficers and were plotting treason, arson
and murder iu Indiana; his boast that
he had advised no man to enter the
army; his declaration iu favor of a
North-western Confederacy; his op
position to tire enlistment and equal
pay of colored soldiers; his labors tp
defeat all the reconstruction measures
and punish traitors and treason ; his
bitter hostility to drafts to fill our
shattered regiments ; his declaration
that the war was a failure, and a de
mand for an armistice and a Conven
tion of all the States, while the rebels
were in the field confrontingourarmy,
and while they had put to death by
the slow torture of starvation in rebel
prisons OOjOOfPof our soldiers, and as
assinated oar President; his share in
tlie appointment of Hale, a convicted
corruptionist, and of Fuller, a public
thief; his failure to utter one word of
sympathy with the cause of the Union
or contribute a dollar to the Sanitary
Commission, or for the relief of any
sick or wounded oSicer.or soldier, or
for thesupport of their families; his
opposition to the warand all measures'
for its suppression while a member of
the Senate of the United States, and
at the same time drawing his pay from
the Government; his dishouest and
unfair treatment of his political oppo
nents; his utter failure to' ever pro
pose any measure of reform in the
civil service or any other department
of the government; his failure to con
demn oflicial peculation in his own'
party; his sympathy with Bns3 Tweed
and" his gang; his responsibility for
the pardon of revenue swindlers; hi3
base betrayal of Pendleton, Homan
and Voorliees; hts notorious coward
Ice and non-committalism on public
questions ; and, in short, his open and
avowed sympathy with the men, "to
whom Southern defeats gave no joy,
and Northern disasters no sorrow,"
renders him a most objectionable can
didate, and one whom the American
people cannot fail to overwhelm with
,au ignominious defeat.
OUR HEW XXOKK LETTPR.
Political Swimming An Incident
Fashions Business.
Correspondence Nebraska Advertiser.
New York,' Sept, 11, 187G.
POLITICAL.
The nomination of Seymour for the
Governorship by tho Democracy of
the Stato, and his declination, aftdr
the convention had adjourned, places
the party in a mosT; pitiable attitude.
The Democracy of the city re in a
state of dumbfoundedness that is fun
ny. They have a ticket without a
head, and they are bewildered to
know what to do. This is ono of
8"ammy Tilden's snYnft tricks. He
wanted Hewitt for that place, but just
before tho convention it was discover-
that ho was not eligible, as he had
been less than a year in tho State.
Fearingthat thoconvention would not
register his decrees, for there is a
strong anti-Tilden party in the State,
he urged the nomination of Seymour
knowing that he would not accept.
He had the committee appointed to
notify Seymour, Instructed to tele
graph his acceptance, so that the con
vention should have dispersed before
the real fact that he would not take it
at all could bs known. It worked.
The convention adjourned, and Sey
mour as soon as he heard of it, declin
ed peremptorily. Now the nomina
tion is in the hands of the Stato com
mittee the committco belongs to
Tilden body and soul, and it will put
at the head of the ticket whosoever
tho a astute Samuel dictates. The
cursing and swearing in the olty is
somewhat dreadful. The Dcmooracy
generally confess tnat this trick ends
thehopo of tho Democracy from car
rying the State. I had rather they
had kept Seymour on, for It was a
very weak nomination.
SWIMMING.
The prettiest Bight I hafe seen for
some time was at tlie Ladies Swim
ming Accademy, Tuesday, the occas
ion being and exhibition bjT the pu
pils of Miss Bennett. Little girls of
four, and mfatrous and maids of forty,
participated in the exercises, and they
swam with a skill and pluck that I
never saw men exhibit. One race
was between two little girl babies of
scarcely four, who disported them
selves in the water as gracefully as
trout. Tho women tfive'd, swum,
floated, and took every position in the
water of the most experienced swim
mer ever did, seeming to do it with
more ease than men. Miss Bennett's
pupils have no reason to be afraid of
accidents on the Sound, or u'ny water
not more than three miles from laud.
One young lady swaYu four miles and
came out not at all fatigued.
FALL FASHIONS.
The new styles of tlitf season are
simple and pretty. The voluminous
puffed and looped overskirts whioh
not one woman In a dozen knows
how to arrange, disappear for close
long polonnises whose fullness iu the
back is hardly lifted at all, but hang3
In folds crossing, or shawl fashion.
What drapifVg there Is, being very
low on the skirt. Tho tournure is
merely a frame to carry out the skirt
gracefully, instead of letting.it fall to
to tho form. Young ladies who wear
big bustles standing out at the waist,
are warned that they are shocking
out of style. Also that the button fe
ver is over, and nothing moro certain
ly beirays the country visitor nt the
Centennial than asacque or polonaise
with three rows of buttons back and
front. Third-rate dressmakers cling
to the style, but it has gone out, and
the figure and the polonaise looks
much better without them. A dim,
grayish dark blue, like tho deepest
hue of sraoko will be tlie color most
worn, as it blends admirably with
the ca'fdiual trimmings and accesso
ries which are a part of the fashiona
ble dress. Flounces lined their depth
with red, so as to show when,
tho wind lifts them will be
the refined version of tho red silk
skirts worn abroad, and bows, pip
ings, narrow pleatings will relieve tho
costumo in every way. Nothing is
worn, for tho neck but white lawn or
cardiual silk ties. Even the slipper
bow for the house matches the trim
mings. The effect is delightful in
American eye3, which have been used
to gray and drab suits so long. Im
porters and modistes try to introduce
deep myrtle green as the leadig color,
but do not seem over successful, as the
sallow women are sure to take to It,
and the eflect discourages popular
taste. Blondes, pure and simple,
cling to the blue, which they fane'
sets them off best, not aware that a
fresh complexion looks daisy fair in a
a dark green suit. Dark brown and
dark red of a maroon tinge will be
rather more stylish" than either blue
or green as tho season wear3, for the
reason that everyone will not be seen
in them. The high crowned coaching
hnt3 have had their" day ; more mod
est, hats with thesatne pointed crowns'
and turned up brim are worn with
net scarfs enveloping the crovn and
plumage falling low besides it. Tur
bans with, either deep blue or red vel
vet brims, nlmost concealed by bands
6f feathers of the same color, ffnished
with drooping plumage are shovvn for
bright autumn wear, but the scoop
bonnets are leaving the face of the
earth.
AN INCIDENT.
There are many ways of dealing
with unfaithful wives. An incident
that happened recently in Brooklyn
VOL. 21.-NO. 12.
Is worthy of record. A merchant of
New York, residing in that city of
marital troubles, suspected his wife of
being too intimate with a very hand
some lawyer In fact, he was certain
that she was In the habit of driving
out with him to a place of questiona
ble character, some miles out of tho
oity. Ono morning, Instead of stay
ing over in New York all day, he re
turned to his homo In an hour or two,
and found that his spouse had enter
ed tho buggy with a man, and had
driven ofFonly fifteen minutes before.
The merchant is the possessor of a
horse that can do his mile In three
minutes, and he had It harnessed.
Did he take his revolver? Not any
revolver. Ho loaded the bottom of
his buggy with nice round stones a
bushel or more, good stones for throw
ingand he set out. It only took him
a half an hour to overtake them, for
the pair were going slowly, that tho
luxury of the seance might bo pro
longed, and he drove up beside them.
The gay Lothario saw tho husband,
and whipped up his horse. Vain
endeavor. What could the livery
steed dV against blood? The
husband drovo along Bide, and,
holding the rains in ono hand, bom
barded tho fellow with stones with
tho other. To escape the shower of
stones, the affrighted ma'n drovo fas
ter, but it was no use. Mercilessly,
pitilessly, the stoues Hew, till finally
there was a Bmash. The buggy con
taining the unhappy pair collided with
a fence, and spilled them out.
The horse tore himself looso from tho
wreck and disappeared ; the man was
too much bruised to move ; tho lady
was terribly frightened, but otherwise
unharmed. The husband took her in
with him, and drove home in silence.
On reaching his house, ho quietly told
her to pack her efrecta" and get out,
which she did. And he filed his bill
for a divorce. The gay young man
was assisted to town. He paid for a
horse, buggy and harness, and left
town. Thus, what might havo been
a tragedy was turned into a comedy.
Stones are just as effectual as bullets.
BUSINESS.
There Is none, for tho weather is
too hot to do it. Tho people are Btill
out of tho city, and it is as dull as It
can bo.
Pietrc.
Is Tilden an Honest Man 1
Tho great capitalists claim astrength
for Mr. Tilden by the assertion that
he ia an honest man. Let us examine
his record and Beo if it is such. Wil
liam M Tweed was probably the great
est thief that this country ever saw.
But the larceny was not the work of
an hour, or a day or a month, or a
year. During all the timo tha't he
was carrying on his plunder in so
open a manner that tho world knew
It, Mr. Tilden was actively associated
with him, was the chairman of all
tho conventions that were controlled
by Tweed, wus living in tho game
city and belonged to the same political
orgrnization. When Tweed was ex
posed by thai eminent reformer Jim
my O'Brien, when he was at tho bar
of justice shorn of his politioal power,
and cast down, then, and not till then,
did Mr. Tilden join in the cry agaiust
him. (Applause.) If Mr. Tilden did
not know or suspect the robberies of
Tweed in 11 the yearB that they were
going on, I say ho was not a man of
any sagacity. Ho wris' iu a position
to know of these robberies, but stood
calmly by without lifting his hands
or his voice to stop them; he was not
and is not an honest manf. Tho dilem
ma Jthat you find him iu is either be
ing a fool or a thief, and In either
event not a fit man to bo President of
the United States. Amos J. Ptfrdy,
New York Democrat at St. Louis.
TnE Cleveland Leader exposed the
fact that $250,000 were ofTered by the
Tilden orowd of New York and ac
cepted 6y the managers of the Demo
cratic party in Ohio, the same being
appropriated to buy votes; but theex
posuredoes not even make the cor
rupt rascals concerned In it blush.
Thompson and hi3 gaugsliako hands
all round, and we can almost hear
Thurman congratulating the crowd,
and saying, in the language of Fal
staff : "But by the Lord, lads, I am
glad you havo tho money. Hostess,
clap too the doors ; waifoh to-night,
pray to-morrow. Gallants, lads,
hearts of gold, all the titles of good
fellowship come to you !"
He knew Them. A tramp who
manifestly has genius and Insight en
ough to win his woy to higher posi
tions, was before the recorder of San
Auloino recently, nnd was asked if he
had any objection to make to thejury
Before whrch he was to bo tried, lb
jury was compoa'ed of about the worst
looking set of meu conceivable, but
the prisoner looked at them with; un
disguised admiration, and replied
that whenever he objected to a jury
like that, he hoped his right arm
might cleave to the roof of his mouth.
Thejury pronounced him 'not guilty,
without leaving their seats.
Louis J. Jennings says that a family
can live in London for oue-half the
Cost in New York, "That may bo
true." remarks the Detroit-Free Press,
"but isn't liberty worth anything?
libeitytobeshotdead at your door
step, and to feel with your last breath
that your murderer, In a few months'
time, will bo ruuing perhaps for com
mon councilman.
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF TIIECODTXi
A Retired Dictator.'
Ge'orger' Francis Train
Square.
lit Madisoii.
Corcsp6ndenco' Cincinnati! Enquirer';
New' YoRir, Aug. 4. The write'
strolls through Madison" square, In
this city, almost everv evpnfno-
Among the observed of all observers
Is hoof the amb'rosmllock8 and bronz
ed face, who every evening sits on a
seat remote frorii the others, surround
by a bouquet desjlalrs, in the shape of
a hundred or moro children, mostly
little girls. Aa we pass wo observe ho
is reading a paper, and' at' tlie same"
time handing out 6on bomrta the chil
dren, aud supplying them with tfnrp
iug ropes and balls.
As wo gaze on this In teres tfnjg'spea
tacle wo hear tho children exolaim,
"Mr. Train, Lizzie's got; my ball!""
"Mr. Train, Kitty's stole my candy."
Tho name of Train seems familiar to"
U3, and yet we cannot recall ft, so we
step up to tho gentleman who so be
nevolently deals out candy to the'
children and commence our lnter-'
view.
"Begpardon, sir, la yournamoTrairi
any relation of Geogrgo Francis
Train ?"
"That, sir, wa3 my name in the old
en time before I ovoluted," he replied
smilingly, and looking us full In the
face, with his large,- expressive, blue
grayish eyes,
"Before you what?" we &S&&; nof
quite catching his meaning.
"Before I became passive I, who
before was so active ; who held' over a"
thousand conventions, and ran for tho
Presidency. But now, sir, I am pas
sive, because the country has gone to
tho devil. She is like a yacht with all
her sails set and at anchor. There,
there, Lizzie, don't pull my hair, ft
nurts. They have co"n tracted the cur
rency, you 6ee, to such an enormous
extent, that they havo run the coun
try aground ; and, sir, it's too late to
do anything. Tho process of equali
zation Is going on now. YoUsoe tho
hundreds of men sitting around fn tho
parks aud begging at tbo basement
doors. They are happy, because tho
rich man has got to take care of thorn-.-Eighty
meu Out of the hundred aro'
paupers tho other twenty, who aro
rich, must tnko care of the rest. That'C
what I call equalization."
"Let's sit down nnd talk itallover,"
suggested y6ur correspondent.
"Excuse me, T don't allow anybody
to sit on this seat with mo. I don't
wish to be tapped. You see, I have"
been tapped by the peoplo to such an .
enormous extent, that I havo shut
down on It entirely. My vitality la
enormoua, as you see, but I wish to
preservo my vitality and magnetism
that's tho reason I dout't go to any
meetings or speak as I might at tho'
Academy of Musfc at a dollar a head.
If I did, I should como in contact
with a great mass of incongruous'
forces and should depreciate my mag
netism ; Iff short, be tapped. You
have had candy enough, my child f
too muoh Candy is dangerous at this
time of the year. Do you observe how
many peoplo are sitting around here?"
How they are attracted about here by
this great magnetic force that I
posses ?'"
Yourcorresponden waaaboutfo In
terrogate Mr. Train further when a
gentleman came up and extended hla
hand In the hartlest manner.
"Excure me, my dear sir, 1 don '6
shake hands with any one ; havo not
for two years. It's a singular evoiuV
tion, but nevertheless so ; and what's
more, I hcveestcblisbed the two min
ute rulo, and don't converse with any
one over two minutes except these
children. I havo become as a little
child, and learn wisdom from them.
Grown up peoplo know Httlo or no(n
iug, and will not learn anything. 1
told them years ago they would drive
the country in to bankruptcy, and now
they must come to me to got out of it.
The children would elect mo Presi
dent to-morrow if they could. SYant
more candy, Kitty? But I havo ovo
luted, nnd intend to stay so. This'
park fs gettlug too much for me."
Here Mr. Train suddenly began to"
read, and yourcorrespoudentconclud-'
ed that tho two minuto rule was In
force, and that the time was up for
conversing.
If Mr. Train can be compared to any
one, as he sits in the parti bareheaded
and surrounded by children, he Is to
bo compared to Victor Hugo In his
festival with the Children nt d'Haute
villo House, on tho beautiful Isle of
Guernsey, and bis passive, bronze'
featured, elegant ambrosial curl3 and
fine gestures, stamp him at once as a"
distingui3hed:personage. Every eve
ning ho may be seen on his accustom
e'd eeat surrounded by a" crowd of chil
dren, and hardly a moment passes
that some gentleman doe3 noil &(op
and gain some novel' and refreshing
news on the situation. Kind and
ergreeable to all, his face beaming with,
smiles and his pockets overflowing
with candy for tho children and
fi'rumbs for the birds, Mr. Train is tho
picture of benevolence, good breeding,
and good nature.
Busy Bee.-.
In a temperance parade at Ports--mouth
N. II. tho other, day was a
wagouful of young ladies, bearing a,
banner with the strange device-:;
"Teetotaler, or No Husband." This
is real self-abnegation, but It is realiyr
too hard to say that a young lady
must always remain a spinster if she
ventures to drink a single glass of beet
or a claret lemonade
O.W. yAIRBItOTIIBB.
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